Comparison

Tangram vs Textris

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tangram

This app offers a mental workout by challenging users to assemble shapes from provided pieces. It helps improve problem-solving skills and spatial reasoning through engaging puzzles. With multiple levels and hint options, it's designed for both adults and children.

Highlights
  • Assemble shapes from pieces
  • Use all pieces
  • Pieces must not overlap
  • 15 exciting levels
  • Two types of hints
  • Simple control and user-friendly interface
Features
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Tangram is a relaxing logic puzzle built around geometric shapes. Move every piece, avoid overlaps, and complete the silhouette. Start with simple levels, learn at your own pace, and take on trickier spatial challenges as you progress. HOW TO PLAY • Use every available piece. • Make sure the pieces do not overlap. • Complete the shape to finish the level. • Solve quickly and without hints to earn more stars. Enjoy 15 handcrafted levels, puzzles made from 2–10 pieces, two types of hints, simple controls, and fully offline play. It is an easy game to pick up whenever you want a quick, satisfying brain teaser.

About

Textris

Features
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Tetris is a fun retro themed word game Falling blocks of letters keep coming and coming, you have to organise and make words to clear them. To help you, you can rotate and reorder the letters in the pattern (or it'd be very very hard!!) - Find out how good your Textris skills are, and challenge your friends. There's three modes in Textris - Classic, Endless and Daily. Classic is the standard game, it starts slowly with easier blocks and gets harder and faster as your score climbs. When your blocks reach the top, GAME OVER. Endless is a chilled version of the game. You can't lose, but you can just practice your word making skills. High score is disabled. Daily mode is for the aficionados. It's a high paced & difficult game that everyone around the world plays together. You're high score is against just for that day, and you can only play it once!

Screenshots

Tangram4 screens
Textris4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tangram at none against Textris's 3. Tangram also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Textris's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 6 months). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Textris sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Tangram asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tangram ships an update every 6 months, Textris daily. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tangram versus Textris: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTangramTextris
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (34 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJulia RabchanovaAndrew Callaghan

In-app purchases

None

Tangram

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Textris

One-time3
  • Buy me a coffee$1.99
  • Buy me a beer$3.99
  • Buy me dinner$19.99

Questions

Is Tangram free?
Tangram is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Textris free?
Textris is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tangram or Textris have ads?
Tangram shows ads; Textris does not.
Which is updated more often, Tangram or Textris?
Tangram ships an update every 6 months, and Textris daily. Most recently, Tangram was updated on November 7, 2026 and Textris on November 4, 2026.

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